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Buprenorphine in postoperative pain: results in 7500 patients
Author(s) -
Harcus A.H.,
Ward A.E.,
Smith D.W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb05125.x
Subject(s) - medicine , buprenorphine , opiate , analgesic , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , depression (economics) , agonist , adverse effect , morphine , opioid , receptor , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Summary Buprenorphine, a partial opiate‐receptor agonist with potent analgesic properties, was given to 7548 patients in the immediate postoperative period. Ninety per cent of patients had good or adequate pain relief for at least 4 hours; there were few adverse effects and the incidence of drug‐associated respiratory depression was estimated at less than 1%. There were no other side‐effects of clinical note.